Student Rental Market
Student Letting in 2021: Referrals Lead Over Rightmove
With students shunning mainstream property aggregators, how can you make sure they rent with your agency?
April 18, 2021
Supercharge your
lead generation & viewing bookings.
lead generation & viewing bookings.
A viewings conversion engine that combines word-of-mouth marketing with a viewing booking system purpose built for the fast paced world of student lettings.
Generate More Leads
Stand out from the competition with an optimised referral marketing strategy and a booking system that allows students to confirm viewings through your website 24/7.
Book More Viewings
Easily allow tenants to engage with your agency and book viewings in multiple languages through a 5-click booking system without staff always needing to always be on hand.
Let your Portfolio Faster
More viewings booked means more traffic to your portfolio. By increasing viewings across lettings season your agency will be able to rent its portfolio quicker meaning happier landlords.
Get a head start on lettings season
According to Hatchpads market research, 51% of students find their house via word-of-mouth; meaning you have a tenant database rife with potential to refer friends.
- Incentivise both your current tenants and prospects with referral rewards
- Generate leads before rental season starts
- Set your own referral rewards guided by hatchpads market research
A marketing tool built for students
Once the property search starts, word-of mouth spreads quickly. Only pay for marketing when a lead converts to a successful property rental and your agency makes money.
- No blanket marketing costs across your portfolio
- Know exactly where each of your leads come from
- Automatic tracking and reward distribution upon a property rental
Get the word out quickly and easily
Build leads and viewing bookings fast by incentivising both current tenants and prospects to refer at the optimal time throughout their rental journey.
- Referring friends made easy using Hatchpads ‘name sharing’ technology
- Easily add the referrers name when registering property interest or booking a viewing
- New prospects instantly added to the referral scheme so they themselves can refer
Book viewings in the diary 24/7
Make it easier for your prospects to book viewing slots with your agency 24/7 by adding our booking widget to your website.
- Set up takes minutes and our team is on hand to help you at all times
- As easy as adding the snippet of code to your lettings website
- Integrated instant live chat so prospects can interact during normal office hours
Managing viewings made easier
The basket system gives your staff full knowledge over what properties students like before selecting what houses to view on the day.
- System assigns the relevant viewing agents calendar based on prospect preferences
- The system manages all viewing notifications with current and prospective tenants
- Agents notified of any upcoming viewings for newly rented houses
Stay in control
Customise the booking software to match current operations. From the preferences you allow prospects to choose from such as student area of interest, basket size, the agents who the viewings get assigned to, the viewings schedule setting and more.
- Manually add new viewings from walk-ins and phone calls which then automatically updates the availability on your website
- Customise the email notifications to your agency
- Set the widget colour and styling to match your brand
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